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FIRSTLY IT IS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT FAMILY TREES IN DAY'S GONE BYE, PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE SURNAMES,
BUT INSTEAD THEIR LAST NAME WAS FROM THE TOWN or VILLAGE THAT THEY CAME FROM OR WHAT THEIR OCCUPATION WAS.
IE:- FRANKS = AXE THROWING (MILITARY RULERS).
THAT IS WHY IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE YOUR ANCESTOR'S NAMES ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY. see below.
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STAPLETON is one of 7 VILLAGE's named in different ENGLISH COUNTIES. Our family were mostly from YORKSHIRE.
de BRIENNE & de BEAUMONT WERE TOWNS in FRANCE.
(de FRANKS FROM THE THIRD CENTURY) THEY WERE FROM GERMANY, BELGIUM and THE NETHERLANDS.
'Van' means FROM the HOUSE of in Dutch. The German word HAUSEN on the end of a name means house/live/reside or dwell.
In GERMAN, VON means FROM at the start of name. 'de' means' from in French. BEN in Hebrew means son of.
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The OLDEST DIRECT FAMILY MEMBER on my GRANDMOTHER'S side was Galfridus de Stapylton from Normandy b 954, who was my
26th Great Great Grandfather. He came to Britain before the Norman Invasion in 1066 and changed his name from de Beaumont.
(i.e:- From one town's name to an other).
The Stapleton Motto's were:- "Mieux Sera" / Better times are coming / "Ne vile fano" / Disgrace not the Altar.
The Irish Stapleton's were descended from Heryon de Stapleton b 1025, Their GAELIC NAME was Mac An Ghaill Dhuibh
(translation is Mac the Black Gaul or Son of a foreigner) Their War Cry was:- "Fide sed cui vide" / Trust, but in whom take care.
Their Motto was" Mieux Je Serai" / Better I will be.
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THE OLDEST FRAYLING FAMILY MEMBER was my 14th Great Great Grandfather Johannes Frayling (Fraylyng) in 1496 -1538 from
Holland???? Died Wiltshire, England. The family were Huguenot's from France, Holland and Belgium. They were chased out of their
homes by the Roman Catholic's during the persecution of Protestants. The Frayling name is spelt in different ways depending what
country they came from. FRAYLINS, FRAWLINS, FRAYLIN, FRALING, FRAILLING, FRIJLING, FREYLINGHAUSEN, FREELING, FRELAN,
FREILINGE, VRIJLING, to name but a few.
The Frayling's were mostly Cattle Dealers and Butchers untill my Grandfather, Rev Edwin John Frayling became an Anglican Vicar and in
1891 married a Roman Catholic girl Georgiana Maria Stapleton, which was very uncommon in those days to have mixed religion
marriages. It is from her side that our Blue Blood and all the Crowns & Titles came from.
The Frayling Motto is French. Avant toute la verite (Before all the Truth).
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ANCESTORS.
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Fornjot 1st Viking King of Finland 160AD-250AD. Was my 43rd Great Great Grandfather. Francis, King of the Franks 49BC-07BC
was my 69th Great Great Grandfather.
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The Lincolnshire Beaumont's - (The Carlton Towers Family) Motto was:- "Erectus Non Elatus" / Proud but not Arrogant.
(Extract from PDF Vi beaumont family.com/downloads, page 73). Chapter V1. Arms, Quarterly first and fourth, arg, a lion, rampant, sa.
For Stapleton second and third, arg two bars, and in chief, three escallops az for Errington
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Below shows the connection of the family on our female side with the Royal Houses of England, Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
The son of Edward 111, King of England (my 22nd Great Great Grandfather), was John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, his daughter
(1360-1414) was Phillipa of Lancaster she married King John 1 (Joao) of Portugal. PHILLIPA'S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS
LOUIS de BRIENNE.
Louis de Brienne married Agnes Viscountess de Beaumont. Louis was the Son of Jean de Brienne, last King of Jerusalem and
Berengular de Leon, she was the daughter of Alfonso 1X King of Spain & Portugal.
Raymond Berenguer (from Spain), Count of Provence, married Beatrice daughter of Thomas of Savoy. They had three Daughters.
Beatrice married Charles 1, King of Jerusalem and Italy, he was the son Louis V111 King of France. Their son was Charles 11, King of
Jerusalem and Italy.
Sanchier married Richard Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans son of King John Lackland of England.
Eleanor, married King Henry 111 of England, they had 8 children. One son was, King Edward 1, his son was King Edward 11, and his
grandson was King Edward 111.
Margurite, married Louis 1X, King of France. Their son was Philip 111 King of France.
E&OE
19th November 2015.
NEED TO FIND SOME MORE FRAYLING RELATIVES I HAVE FOUND YOU 50,955 MORE on ancestry plus another 70,200 on the free LDS
website 'Family search"!!!!!!!!!!
I have just researched the LDS site Family Search and found our family listed in 23 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD. 1500-2015.
ENG 2315, IRE 145, SCOT 76, WALES 822, Ch Is 13, FR 131, GER 1706, BEL 1415, NOR 64, FIN 90, SWE 135, DEN 79, RUSS 94, POL 19,
CAN 211, USA 42,414, SA 489, AUS 100, NZ 84, JEWISH 1, Spain 12, India 34, Switz 6,

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